The play “Miss’ Evers Boys” put on by the Arts & Theatre Program of Howard University was very good. I already knew a little bit of background information as to what the play would be about. The actors were great, and while the story is tragic, it was an enjoyable experience to watch the story unfold. The Miss Evers Boys story, was a infamous clinical study conducted between in Tuskegee, Alabama by the U.S. Public Health Service. This study was created to study the natural progression of untreated syphilis in poor, rural black men. These black men thought they were receiving free health care from the U.S. government. For participating in the study, the men were given free medical care, meals, and free burial insurance. They were never told they had syphilis, nor were they ever treated for it. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the men were told they were being treated for "bad blood," a local term used to describe several illnesses, including syphilis, anemia and fatigue.
The 40-year study was controversial for reasons related to ethical standards; primarily because researchers knowingly failed to treat patients appropriately after the 1940s validation of penicillin as an effective cure for the disease they were studying. This deception study was not only unethical but it is a disgrace to the government. Now because of the Tuskegee Syphillis Expriement studies require a informed consent communication of diagnosis, and accurate reporting of test results. The Arts & Theatre Program of Howard University did a dynamic job of portraying the true story of Miss Evers Boys. The actors did a great job in acting out the true story.
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